Isaiah 48:2 WBT

¹  Hear ye this, O house of Jacob, who are called by the name of Israel, and have come forth out of the waters of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, and make mention of the God of Israel, [but] not in truth, nor in righteousness.

²  For they call themselves of the holy city, and stay themselves upon the God of Israel; The LORD of hosts [is] his name.

³  I have declared the former things from the beginning; and they went forth from my mouth, and I showed them; I did [them] suddenly, and they came to pass.

⁴  Because I knew that thou [art] obstinate, and thy neck [is] an iron sinew, and thy brow brass;